tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404305187176881635.post3201642600807740416..comments2023-10-16T03:42:56.455-04:00Comments on Wandering Thoughts: CIBJ.R.Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498164179579546593noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404305187176881635.post-50676899339584406562007-05-19T02:31:00.000-04:002007-05-19T02:31:00.000-04:00Thanks, y'all. When it's appropriate, I'll pass y...Thanks, y'all. When it's appropriate, I'll pass your comments on, Matt.J.R.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498164179579546593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404305187176881635.post-64624843561292671332007-05-18T10:13:00.000-04:002007-05-18T10:13:00.000-04:00Congratulations! Well deserved & hard-earned, no ...Congratulations! Well deserved & hard-earned, no doubt. It'll be great to know you're home soon.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404305187176881635.post-81940607286538840282007-05-18T01:51:00.000-04:002007-05-18T01:51:00.000-04:00Congratulations on being properly (?) pinned for y...Congratulations on being properly (?) pinned for your CIB, John. <BR/><BR/>I was talking to Ashley Emerson a few months ago about how weird circumstances can change things. Point a gun at a man and pull the trigger: Miss, and be charged with either Aggravated Assault, or Attempted Aggravated Assault, or Deadly Conduct, or the like. Hit him but don't kill him, and you'll be charged with Attempted Murder, or Aggravated Assault. Kill him, and you'll be charged with murder. Do the same action in the middle of a robbery, and be changed with Capital murder. <BR/><BR/>But it was all with the same intent. You pointed a gun at the guy and pulled the trigger. 4 or more different outcomes for the same act, based on tiny changes in things that the actor may very well have been unable to control. <BR/><BR/>You and your mates went to A-stan with the desire to do your duty. Each of you had the chance to have Bad Things befall you. Some did, and some didn't. If that action hadn't found you, you wouldn't have gotten the CIB. But you still would have been the same brave man who volunteered with full knowledge that he could see that action, or worse. Your mates who did their duty but didn't get the CIB because the dice didn't roll in such a way as to send them action should be very proud of their campaign ribbons, in my opinion. <BR/><BR/>Tell 'em thanks from a civilian, would you brother? <BR/><BR/>You know how much I appreciate <I>you</I>.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.com